Ben Gazzara
107 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 28, 1930
- Died
- Feb 3, 2012 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Biagio Anthony Gazzarra · Biagio Anthony Gazzara
Biography
Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977).
As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Ben Gazzara: movies and TV shows
Acting (120)
- 2025
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011 Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni
- 2010 Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen
- 2010
- 2010 13
as Schlondorff
- 2009 Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
- 2008 Eve
as Joe
- 2008 Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese
- 2008 Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
- 2008
- 2007 Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
- 2006 Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
- 2005
- 2005 The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris
- 2005 Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova
- 2003 Dogville
as Jack McKay
- 2003 L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
- 2002 Hysterical Blindness
as Nick
- 2001
- 2001 Brian's Song
as Coach Halas
- 2000 Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
- 2000 The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
- 2000 Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
- 2000
- 2000 Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
- 2000 Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
- 2000 Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
- 2000
- 2000 Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
- 2000 Poor Liza
as The Narrator
- 1999
- 1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
- 1999 Summer of Sam
as Luigi
- 1999 Paradise Cove
as Duke Mantee
- 1998 Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
- 1998 Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos
- 1998 Too Tired to Die
as John Sage
- 1998 Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi
- 1998 Illuminata
as Old Flavio
- 1998 The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
- 1998 Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
- 1998 Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha
- 1997 The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
- 1997 Stag
as Frank Grieco
- 1997 Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
- 1997 Farmer & Chase
as Farmer
- 1997 Vicious Circles
as March
- 1996 Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
- 1996
- 1995 The Zone
as Dick Althorp
- 1995 Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson
- 1995 Bandits
as Amos
- 1994 Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke
- 1994 Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe
- 1994 Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III
- 1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Joseph Bonanno
- 1993 Blindsided
as Ira Gold
- 1993
- 1991 Forever
as Marcelo
- 1991 Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders
- 1990 People Like Us
as Gus Bailey
- 1990 Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana
- 1989 Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell
- 1989 Road House
as Brad Wesley
- 1988 Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco
- 1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright
- 1987 Control
as Mike Zella
- 1987 Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell
- 1986 The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
- 1986 Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière
- 1985 A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway
- 1985 My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli
- 1985 Woman of Wonders
as Alberto
- 1985 An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson
- 1984 Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory
- 1982 The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani
- 1982 A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco
- 1981 They All Laughed
as John Russo
- 1981 Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
- 1981 Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
- 1979 Bloodline
as Rhys Williams
- 1979 Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
- 1977 Opening Night
as Manny Victor
- 1977
- 1977 The Death of Richie
as George Werner
- 1976 Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper
- 1976 High Velocity
as Clifford Baumgartner
- 1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
- 1975 Capone
as Al Capone
- 1974
- 1973 Maneater
as Nick Baron
- 1973 The Neptune Factor
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
- 1972 The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola
- 1972 Pursuit
as Steven Graves
- 1972 The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico
- 1972 Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
- 1972 When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly
- 1970 Husbands
as Harry
- 1969 The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
- 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player
- 1965 A Rage to Live
as Roger Bannon
- 1965
- 1964 Carol for Another Christmas
as Fred
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962 Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs
- 1962 Convicts 4
as John Resko
- 1961 The Young Doctors
as Dr. David Coleman
- 1960 The Passionate Thief
as Lello
- 1959 You'll Never See Me Again
as Jim Mason
- 1959 Anatomy of a Murder
as Lt. Frederick Manion
- 1958 Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
- 1957 The Troublemakers
as Stanley Carr
- 1957 The Strange One
as Jocko de Paris
- 1956
Behind the camera (4)
- 1990 Beyond the Ocean
Writer, Director
- 1971
- 1968
- 1965
Talk shows and appearances (29)
- 2021
- 2014
- 2014
- 2009
- 2007
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2004
- 2003
- 2000
- 1998
- 1996
- 1993
- 1989
- 1987
- 1985
- 1982 Ninho da Serpente
125 episodes
- 1982
- 1981
- 1974 Dinah!
1 episode
- 1971 Film '72
1 episode
- 1971
- 1970
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show
1 episode
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1 episode
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
3 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
3 episodes
- 1956 Tony Awards
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
4 episodes
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards
1 episode